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Slides 2-3: Where has the outbreak been found globally? Where has it been found in the United States? Describe the specific locations. Provide at least one image of its current distribution.
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India Author: my news - November 29, 2017
Rahul propagating 'grand stupid thought' on GST, says Modi
Elections are like a game of 'teen patti', Atal Bihari Vajpayee once told me, placing three fingers of his right-hand face down on the palm of his left hand. Till such time someone calls 'show', nobody knows who's going to win the game, he added, turning his three fingers up. This was during the 1999 Lok Sabha election necessitated by Jayalalithaa withdrawing her support to the BJP.
The NDA secured a majority in that election and Vajpayee remained Prime Minister. His soaring popularity won the day for the BJP. Yet five years later, when everybody was talking about a certain 'feel good factor' pervading all facets of life and nobody came remotely close to Vajpayee's towering public image, the BJP lost the 2004 election. For the next decade, the party was relegated to the Opposition benches.
Then came the 2014 election and Narendra Modi led the BJP to a spectacular triumph. True, people had anticipated the BJP's return to power but none, including experienced pollsters, had accurately predicted the scale of victory. All calculations, analyses and projections by psephologists and political pundits were laid to rest in the summer of that year of disruption.
While the wise dithered, the uncertainties of electoral outcomes between 2004 and 2014 did not quite stop the usual suspects from writing off Modi in two successive Assembly elections in Gujarat — first in 2007 and then in 2012. On both occasions, exaggerated reportage suggested the rise of the Congress and the fall of the BJP and Modi. On both occasions Modi proved the soothsayers wrong, sweeping the polls with decisive victories.
But that has not deterred people from predicting the BJP's defeat, or at best, victory with a narrow margin, in this December's election. Either way, it would be a blow to Modi — if the BJP were to lose the election, it would delegitimise his right to stay in office; if it were to secure a simple majority, instead of the two-thirds majority with which it had won between 2002 and 2012, it would hobble him politically both within and outside his party and the Government.
Hence we have seen a near re-run of the stories predicting doom and gloom for the BJP and Modi that have long lost their novelty. Only the name and face of the challenger have changed: it was Sonia Gandhi earlier, it is Rahul Gandhi now. What has also changed is the line of attack: it was secularism in danger earlier, it is the economy in danger now.
Having milked the tragic consequences of the burning of coach S-7 of Sabarmati Express by a Muslim mob at Godhra to the extent possible, and with the 'secular card' failing to fetch even diminishing electoral returns, most recently in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress has turned to highlighting economic concerns. By playing up angst associated with demonetisation and GST, it is trying to engineer a revolt among BJP's traditional supporters.
Simultaneously, the Congress is seeking to consolidate caste and community votes in its favour with the help of three admittedly popular young leaders — Hardik Patel who is demanding reservation for Patidars, Alpesh Thakor who wants more entitlements for OBCs, and Jignesh Mevani who sees himself as Gujarat's Mayawati. But fantasising about a Patidar-OBC-Scheduled Castes alliance is one thing, forging it is quite another. Fusing that alliance with Muslims is entirely different.
Which makes the Gujarat election like any other we have seen in recent months: its outcome will be decided by 'X' factors that can be distilled into questions. Will Patidars vote en bloc or will the vote be split? If it is split, what proportion of that vote will go to the Congress? Will Alpesh Thakor be able to resolve inherent contradictions in OBCs sharing their quota of jobs with Patidars? Will Scheduled Castes back the Congress to the last voter?
On the other side of the battlefield, the BJP too is grappling with its own set of 'X' factors. Can more than two decades of anti-incumbency be overcome? Will tribals swing the vote in areas where there is an erosion of traditional support? Will development fetch support or will communal polarisation decide victory? Will disquiet among traders over demonetisation and GST hold sway or will they think better of dumping the party they have always supported? Will party president Amit Shah's awesome organisational work deliver dividends?
The biggest 'X' factor, of course, is Modi, the humble Gujarati who rose to become Chief Minister and is now the Prime Minister. He began his campaign on Monday and it was evident that he remains the BJP's winning card. It was quintessential Modi — combative and scathing, playing on popular sentiments at several levels and striking a chord with the masses effortlessly. Gujarat, he said, "is my atma while India is my 'paramatma'.
But will Modi's mojo help paper over the cracks that are inevitable after a party has been in power long enough for young voters not to remember or recall what it was like 22 years ago when Gujarat would hit the headlines only for riots? This 'X' factor must remain in the realm of speculation.
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Many thoughtful Wiccans who are also parents struggle to raise their children in the tradition of Witchcraft, while at the same time leaving them free to choose their own spiritual paths. Many of us as children ourselves were subjected to boring and uncomfortable services, and preachers who spoke in foreign languages or used yelling and fear as a teaching tool. As a result, we vowed never to raise our children in an organized religion where they would feel pride crushing manipulation.
As parents, Wiccan or otherwise, we all have a responsibility to give our children the gift of guidance, and expose them to beliefs and activities that will enable them to grow into caring, wise, and strong men and women. If we as adults embrace Wicca, it would surely do our children a disservice to shield them from what we so strongly believe. Additionally, NOT exposing our children to our own religion sends a message that there is something to fear from it. This is an attitude we all work towards banishing from society-what better way than to start by educating our own children?
The best way to give children the gift of Wicca is in a respectful, loving, and age appropriate way, straightforward and without strings or pressure. If they show interest and enjoy it, show them more. If one day they grow to embrace witchcraft as their own faith- wonderful. If they choose another path then you can be sure that what you have shared with them will remain in their hearts.
1) Instill the love and beauty of Wiccan traditions, and make them fun for children.
Witchcraft includes eight Sabbats, or holidays. Include children in the celebration and anticipation of these. Explain the meanings and symbolism behind each one. For example, celebrating Samhain together as our new year is a wonderful way to generate a love of this ancient (and fun!) holiday. Explain the significance of celebrating the dead at this holiday-that is where the custom of giving candy originated-as an offering of food to our ancestors. Carve pumpkins together as lights to guide the spirits of our loved ones. Let your children stand before a mirror and make a secret wish. Light orange candles for luck, black to ward off negativity. Explain that we are alive today because of those we celebrate on Samhain, and this will allow children to associate a feeling of love with this holiday-rather than fear.
2) Share the ritual of the circle with children of all ages.
3) A Wiccan form of grace may be said at mealtimes, and the Goddess's blessings said at bedtime.
An excellent way to enable children to feel part of the rituals of Witchcraft is to help them to learn the beautiful prayers and verses they may come to love. There is tremendous comfort in repetition.
4) Foster a love of the changing of the seasons!
The wheel of the year is a foundation of our belief system, and one to be appreciated by us all. Children may be given the task of choosing alter decorations from nature to reflect the changing of the seasons.
5) Instill young children with a love of nature.
Garden together, and raise herbs and vegetables. Treat animals with kindness and respect. Take nature walks as a family, and enjoy time spent outdoors. Eat healthy foods, and help your children to thank the spirits of the plants and animals who have provided their nourishment. Look up! The moon phases are not only what guide our faith and our magick, the ever-changing moon is interesting to children and awe inspiring!
6) If your coven has Sabbats open to covener's families make sure the program will appeal to all ages.
Rituals should be short in duration, and involve plenty of music, dancing, and a way for children to participate. Generally children enjoy Ostara egg hunts, maypole dancing, decorating Yule trees, corn roasts and other feasting, and Jack-o-lantern carving. Esbats, however, should be carefully considered before exposing children. If you will be raising the cone of power or working intensive magick children should not be included as they may be left feeling tense, irritable, and unable to sleep. Enjoy a brief moon ritual as a family before leaving your children in someone's care at home for evenings of Esbats. And one caveat, as well: Remember that behavior you find cute and endearing other coveners may find irritating and distracting, and for this reason consider both the nature of the ceremony, and your coven's policies regarding children.
- Broom - a good luck omen when placed on a door, and used for cleaning an area for prayer, and sweeping away negativity...not for flying!
-Circle - a comforting and safe place to work and pray. The "shape" of the year-which is a "wheel".
- Cauldron - for gazing to meditate, to hold flowers and fruits, to hold punch at celebrations.
- Magic Wands/ Athames (knives) - never touched by anyone else, created by their owner, and feel good to hold in your hand!
- Herbs and Crystals - to be used for meditation and healing, and simply because they are things of beauty!
8) Last, and most important! LOVE. Love of Nature, Earth, Goddess/God, one another and ourselves!
Teach this critical basis of the Old Religion to your children and you will give them the most beautiful and empowering gift of all.


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Uganda set to declare end of Ebola outbreak
9 January 2023, 6:31 am ·2-min read
Uganda said on Monday it was expecting to declare an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged late last year and has claimed the lives of at least 56 people.
If no new case is reported by Tuesday, the health ministry said it would formally announce the end of the outbreak on Wednesday.
According to the World Health Organization, an outbreak of the disease ends when there are no new cases for 42 consecutive days -- twice the incubation period of Ebola.
Health ministry spokesman Emmanuel Ainebyoona said in an invitation to journalists that the "declaration ceremony" will take place in the central district of Mubende, the epicentre of the outbreak.
Since the Ugandan authorities declared the latest outbreak in Mubende on September 20, the East African nation has registered 142 confirmed cases and 56 deaths, with the disease spreading to the capital Kampala.
The last confirmed patient was discharged from hospital on November 30, according to health officials.
The outbreak has been caused by the Sudan strain of the virus, for which there is currently no vaccine.
But three candidate vaccines -- one developed by Oxford University and the Jenner Institute in Britain, another from the Sabin Vaccine Institute in the United States, and a third from the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) -- are being trialled in Uganda.
Ebola is an often fatal viral haemorrhagic fever. The disease is named after a river in Democratic Republic of Congo where it was discovered in 1976.
Human transmission is through body fluids, with the main symptoms being fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea.
Outbreaks are difficult to contain, especially in urban environments.
People who are infected do not become contagious until symptoms appear, which is after an incubation period of between two and 21 days.
Uganda, which shares a porous border with the DRC, has experienced several Ebola outbreaks, most recently in 2019 when at least five people died.
The worst epidemic in West Africa between 2013 and 2016 killed more than 11,300 people alone. The DRC has had more than a dozen epidemics, the deadliest claiming the lives of 2,280 people in 2020.
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Weather prevented three of the Blue Jays' affiliates games from happening but the clubs went 3-2 over those five games, getting two shutouts in the process.
Buffalo Bisons, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
Game postponed due to rain.
Roster Notes: Brandon Cumpton was optioned to Buffalo from Toronto.
New Hampshire Fisher Cats , Erie SeaWolves
Roster Notes: Nick Hartman was sent to the Dunedin Blue Jays.
Dunedin Blue Jays 9, Charlotte Stone Crabs 0
The Dunedin Blue Jays continued their streak of outstanding pitching on the way to a 9-0 shutout win over the Charlotte Stone Crabs. Zach Logue tossed six shutout innings, allowing just one hit and one walk with eight strikeouts on his way to his seventh win with the D-Jays. Angel Perdomo provided two innings of relief, giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and Jackson McClelland struck out one in the ninth.
Alberto Mineo led the offense, going 3/5 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs. Riley Adams was 2/4 with a double, two runs and a walk and Ivan Castillo was 1/3 with two walks, a triple, an RBI and a run. Logan Warmoth was 1/3 with a walk and three RBI while Joshua Palacios was 1/4 with two RBI. Rodrigo Orozco was on base twice, going 1/3 with a walk and a run.
W: Zach Logue (7-2)
Roster Notes: Nick Hartman was sent to the Dunedin Blue Jays from the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and Juliandry Higuera was placed on the 7-day DL.
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Zach Logue and Alberto Mineo
Lansing Lugnuts 4, South Bend Cubs 5
With four runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Lansing Lugnuts tied the game but the South Bend Cubs scored one in the top of the 10th that went unanswered in a 5-4 win over the Lugnuts. In his Midwest League debut, Vinny Capra was 2/4 with a double, an RBI and a run but he also committed a fielding error. Jesus Navarro was 2/4 with a double and Norberto Obeso was 1/4 with a triple and two RBI, scoring a run. Ryan Noda was 1/4 with a walk and a run and Freddy Rodriguez also added a double.
Jordan Barrett started the game and held the Cubs to two runs on seven hits with a walk and three strikeouts over seven innings. Dalton Rodriguez gave up two runs on three hits (including a home run) and a walk in the eighth and Andrew Deramo took the loss, giving up an unearned run on a hit with a strikeout in two innings.
L: Andrew Deramo (2-4)
Roster Notes: Vinny Captra was promoted to the Lansing Lugnuts from Vancouver.
Jordan Barrett and Vinny Capra
Vancouver Canadians 7, Hillsboro Hops 0
The Vancouver Canadians handled the Hillsboro Hops, shutting them out 7-0. The Canadians got a stellar performance from Randy Pondler who threw six shutout innings, allowing just four hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Justin Watts threw a scoreless frame, striking out one and Marcus Reyes allowed a hit and a walk with four strikeouts in two innings.
Brandon Polizzi was among four Canadians with two hits, driving in two runs and scoring once, adding a couple of stolen bases. Otto Lopez (2/5, 2 RBI), Jesus Severino (2/4, BB, RBI, R) and Sterling Guzman (2/4, RBI, R) also had two hits. Tanner Kirwer (1/5, R, SB), Jake Brodt (1/4, 2B, BB, 2 R), Christopher Bec, 1/2, 3 BB, R, SB) and Nick Podkul (1/4, BB, RBI) all had a hit.
W: Randy Pondler (3-4)
Roster Notes: Vinny Capra was promoted to Lansing from Vancouver.
Bluefield Blue Jays, Danville Braves
Game postponed due to inclement weather.
Roster Notes: Gabriel Moreno was promoted to the Bluefield Blue Jays from the GCL.
GCL Blue Jays 2, GCL Yankees West 3
The GCL Blue Jays scored twice in the first inning but couldn't hold on as the GCL Yankees West chipped away and eventually walked off with a win in the bottom of the ninth in a 3-2 game. Ryan Thurston stepped into a starting role, tossing four one-hit innings, giving up just one unearned run with two walks and five strikeouts. Elixon Caballero struck out one in the fifth and Luis Alvarez allowed a run over three innings, giving up a hit and striking out four. Alexander Molina didn't get an out but walked three and gave up the run in the ninth for the loss.
Joseph Reyes went 2/3 with a double, a walk and an RBI while Yhordegny Kelly drove in a run. Leondardo Jimenez was 1/4 iwth a run and Adrian Ramos was 1/2 with a walk, a stolen base and was picked off and caught stealing.
L: Alexander Molina (0-1)
Roster Notes: Gabriel Moreno was promoted from the GCL to Bluefield.
Ryan Thurston and Joseph Reyes
DSL Blue Jays 4, DSL D-backs1 2
The DSL Blue Jays scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat the DSL D-backs1 by a 4-2 score. Miguel Hiraldo was 2/4 with a double and two runs scored while Kenny Mauricio was 2/3. Alberto Rodriguez hit a double, going 1/4 with an RBI and a run while Erickvi Celedonio (1/4) and Pedro Hurtado (0/3, SF) each had an RBI.
Santos Moreno went 6 2/3 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits and three walks, striking out two. Juan Acosta provided 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing three hits and a walk with two strikeouts to get the win.
W: Juan Acosta (1-0)
Roster Notes: RHP Juan Acosta was assigned to the DSL roster.
Miguel Hiraldo and Santos Moreno
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Nikki Sixx and Bret Michaels Assist Catfished Woman on 'Dr. Phil'
Matthew Wilkening Published: January 28, 2021
Nikki Sixx and Bret Michaels appeared on the Dr. Phil show yesterday to help a woman who had been fooled into thinking she was having online relationships with the two rock stars.
The woman, identified only as "Tina," was the victim of catfishing, in which people impersonate celebrities online in order to trick victims into sending them money or personal information they can later use to hack into their bank or social media accounts.
In this case, through a long-running series of fraudulent text messages, Tina said she thought she and Sixx were friends and that she was engaged to be married to Michaels - despite never having met in person, spoken on the phone or via video chat to either musician.
After the show's host methodically broke down the holes in the fake Sixx and Michaels stories, the real Sixx and his wife Courtney Bingham appeared live on video to confirm that the Motley Crue star had never actually texted Tina.
"No, absolutely not," Sixx told Dr. Phil. "The first time I heard about this was when we talked about it. We wanted to come on together and let you know that whoever you're talking to is not me, and I'm sorry that this is happening to you. Watching the show and how Dr. Phil is trying to break it all down for you, it's heartbreaking for us. It's not fun, it's cruel and you seem like a very nice person. The internet's a tricky place. You have people pretending to be people all the time, and it's really sad when fans get sucked in."
Sixx also promised to invite Tina to a meet-and-greet as soon as Motley Crue's delayed reunion tour is finally allowed to begin.
Appearing in a pre-taped video, Michaels declared he had never communicated with Tina in any manner and repeated his previous warnings about celebrity impersonators. "These imposters who are going after innocent people like Tina, who is on your show right now, and other people, they will not stop during this pandemic," he said. "People are vulnerable. I feel like people right now are isolated … and that is the perfect time for these scumbags, scammers, con artists and imposters to come after innocent people."
After hearing from both Sixx and Michaels, Tina declared: "I was scammed and I admit it."
Most of the Sixx and Michaels Dr. Phil episode was posted to the show's YouTube page and can be seen below. The segments specifically featuring Sixx and Michaels are available only at the show's website.
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Hvidt & Mølgaard was a Copenhagen-based, Danish design and architectural firm which existed from 1944 until 2009. Founded by Peter Hvidt (1916-1986) and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (1907-1993), the company was a pioneering force in Danish furniture design and industrialized production in the 1950s, creating furniture that was easy to mass-produce and economic to transport.
Danish architect-designer Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen was born in 1907. His formative years were spent in Copenhagen, studying at the Aalborg Technical School (graduating in 1924) and at the Art and Crafts School of the Design Museum (graduating in 1928). From 1931 until 1934, he continued his studies in furniture design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under the instruction of Danish master Kaare Klint (1888-1954).
Danish architect-designer Peter Hvidt was born in Copenhagen in 1916. He studied architecture and cabinetry at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen. Subsequently, he worked at various design firms before establishing his own studio in 1942. From 1942 to 1945, Hvidt taught at the School of Arts and Crafts. In 1944, Hvidt designed the Portex Chair, which was one of Denmark's first stacking chairs. Hvidt, whose design aesthetic was characterized as traditional throughout the 1940s, exhibited frequently at the Cabinetmaker's Guild exhibitions, as both a designer and architect. He also worked with the lighting manufacturer Le Klint on numerous lighting designs.
In 1944, the pair co-established Hvidt & Mølgaard Studio, which they ran together until 1975. During this time, the pair created designs for Fritz Hansen, France & Søn, and Søborg Møbelfabrik. In 1950, the pair designed the AX Chair, which solidified both of their careers as industrial designers and became an icon of Danish mid-century design. AX was inspired by the work of American design duo Charles and Ray Eames, and was the first Danish chair that was crafted with both a seat and back made of curved laminated wood. The chair utilized a laminated technique for production which was carried out by Fritz Hansen. The chair's design allowed for mass production and easy packaging, opening a successful market for Danish furniture to be exported around the world. The AX Chair was eventually accompanied by the AX Table, which was exhibited in 1951 as part of the "Good Design" show sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Like many designers of the mid-century period, they also incorporated leather in their designs, as well as teak and cane, and created modular units such as bookcases and living room sets. Other designs by the pair include the FD134 Chair, FD145 Chair, Gateleg Dining Table, Minerva Sofa, and the Model 523—or Pinwheel—side table (all 1950s for France & Søn).
Hvidt & Mølgaard focused on architectural projects, which spanned office buildings and factories, such as the De Danske Sukkerfabrikker building in Copenhagen (1958), as well as collective housing projects in Søllerød, Hillerød, and Birkerød (1962–1970). They were known for their light, simple, and clear designs, which were carried out with precision. In 1970, Hans Kristensen (b. 1933) joined the firm, helping the pair to design the Little Belt Bridge (1965-1970) and the Vejle Fjord Bridge (1975- 1980).
Both Hvidt and Mølgaard-Nielsen retired in 1975, designing over 256 pieces of furniture together over the course of their careers. Hvidt passed away in 1986 and Mølgaard-Nielsen in 1993. Hvidt received the Diplôme d'Honneur at Milan's Triennale in 1951 and 1954. Mølgaard-Nielsen was jointly awarded an iF Product Design Award for the Safari lamp for Nordisk Solar Compagni (1981, Christian Hvidt, Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen). Their work can be found at New York's MoMA, the National Gallery in Melbourne, and the Danish Museum of Art & Design in Copenhagen.
The company continued to thrive after the founders' retirement, and was run by Kristensen, Peter Holsøe (b. 1943), and Hvidt's son Henrik Hvidt (b. 1945). Later architectural works include, buildings for Nokia (1996) and DONG in Copenhagen's South Docklands, and two masterplans for major harbor redevelopments in Estonia. In 2009, the company was split in two, forming Hvidt Arkitekter and Holsøe Arkitekter.
Danish furniture manufacturer Søborg Møbelfabrik was founded in 1890 by cabinetmaker Jacob E. Jacobsen. Dedicated to producing consistently high-quality furniture that showcased the Danish design tradition, Søborg Møbelfabrik—which was managed by generation after generation of the Jacobsen family—has worked with some of Denmark's most celebrated mid-century furniture designers.
Located in the suburbs of Copenhagen, the traditional cabinetmaking workshop established by Jacob Jacobsen was modernized by his sons Arne (1899-1977, no relation to the mid-century designer Arne Jacobsen) and Orla (1895-1980) when they took over in 1930. They collaborated with several important cabinetmakers, architects, and burgeoning designer talents over the mid-century period, including Peter Hvidt (1916-1986) & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (1907-1993), Mogens Lassen (1901-1987), Børge Mogensen (1914-1972), and Bernt Petersen (1937-2017).
Throughout the 1940s and '50s, Søborg Møbelfabrik participated in the annual exhibitions held by the Copenhagen Guild of Joiners. In 1942, architect Mogens Lassen designed a solid mahogany stool in a sculpted semi-circle shape for the Guild of Joiners' furniture exhibition at the Museum of Industrial Art in Copenhagen. Other notable designs for Søborg include Mogensen's King of Diamonds Chair (1944) and Chinese Cabinet (also 1944, exhibited at the Guild of Joiners) and Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen's No. 302 cabinet, No. 309a sideboard, No. 311 dining set, and No. 316 and 317 chairs (all 1950s).
In 1976, designer Christian Hvidt (b. 1946) collaborated with Søborg, creating several designs for home and office furniture. His SM03, SM76, and SM200 wall units are among his most renowned designs. Søborg Møbelfabrik continues to produce a wide range of contemporary and classic designs, and is also licensed to sell designs originally produced by the manufacturers Carl Hansen A/S, Fritz Hansen, Fredericia, Erik Jørgensen, and Rud Rasmussen.
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Four South Africans rescued from sinking yacht off Mozambique Channel: SAMSA
Pretoria: 16 November 2017
A group of South Africans sailing the Indian Ocean parallel the coastline of Mozambique are counting their lucky stars after their yacht ran into difficulties on Thursday morning and sank shortly after they were rescued.
The incident involving the yacht named 'Kinda Magic' with four occupants on board was confirmed by the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC) in Cape Town, which picked up a distress signal from the yacht early on Thursday morning and immediately scrambled a rescue effort through calls to vessels sailing in the vicinity.
In a report on Thursday, the MRCC said four occupants of the yacht – all South African but whose personal identities are known but yet to be officially released – were soon plucked from their life raft by a passing oil/chemical tanker, the Panama registered MT Mersini, after they had abandoned the yacht; and are currently en route to the Comores.
Photo, courtersy of MarineTraffic.com
According to ship tracking website, maritimetraffic.com, the MT Mersini, owned by the Mersini Shipping Company, was sailing from Durban on its way to the Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates.
In Cape Town on Thursday, the MRCC said the centre had picked up a distress call from the South African yacht, 'Kinda Magic', at approximately 06:50 on Thursday morning while the yacht was sailing the Indian Ocean, some 215 km off the coast of Ilha Do Fogo and approximately 175 km directly from shore in the Mozambique channel.
"The distress notification was received by means of an EPIRB (a vessel distress beacon) activation and relayed by means of the COSPAS-SARSAT Systems (the Satellite Search and Rescue system which is part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System).
"MRCC Cape Town immediately responded to the distress notification, with further investigation indicating that the yacht was in the process of sinking. After identifying vessels that might be diverted to assist, the vessel "MT MERSINI" was contacted through Maritime Radio, based in Cape Town, and requested to divert course to the assistance of the distressed yacht.
"The vessel's Master complied with the request and also confirmed the nature of distress as it was also received on VHF radio transmission. The vessel arrived on-scene at 08:43 local time on 16 November 2017 and all four of the crew were rescued. It was reported that they were all in good health and had sustained no injuries.
"The rescue vessel, the "MT MERSINI", is currently en-route to port of Moroni, in Comores. The yacht sank. All emergency broadcasts, as was issued by MRCC through Maritime Radio, were cancelled."
The Western Cape based rescue coordination centre also confirmed that regional authorities of Mozambique, Madagascar and the Comores were alerted and informed of the incident and subsequent rescue, while the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) was also brought on board in order to facilitate the repatriation of the South African sailors.
The centre expressed appreciation for the role played by the rescue vessel. "The contribution of the "MT MERSINI" , her Captain, and crew in the saving of the South African lives is greatly appreciated. The progress of the rescue vessel, and the status of the survivors, shall be monitored until arrival at its destination," said the centre.
***Please note that this is article has since been updated to also reflect on the health condition of the rescued sailors.
Posted on November 16, 2017 November 16, 2017 by South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)Posted in Breaking News, sea rescueTagged Comores, Department of International Relations and Cooperation, DIRCO, distress call, Durban, Ilha Do Fogo, Indian Ocean, Kinda Magic yacht, MaritimeTraffic.com, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel, MRCC, Mt Mersini, SAMSA, sank yacht, sea rescue, South African Maritime Safety Authority, South Africans, United Arab Emirates.
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Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy
In Shakespeare's hand the comic mode became an instrument for exploring the broad territory of the human situation, including much that had normally been reserved for tragedy. Once the reader recognizes that justification for such an assumption is presented repeatedly in the earlier comedies—from The Comedy of Errors to Twelfth Night—he has less difficulty in dispensing with the currently fashionable classifications of the later comedies as problem plays and romances or tragicomedies and thus in seeing them all as manifestations of a single impulse.
Bryant shows how Shakespeare, early and late, dutifully concerned himself with the production of laughter, the ...Read More
When Winter Come: The Ascension of York
A sequel to the award-winning Buffalo Dance, Frank X Walker's When Winter Come: The Ascension of York is a dramatic reimagining of Lewis and Clark's legendary exploration of the American West. By focusing on the humanity and struggles of York, Clark's slave, When Winter Come challenges conventional views of the journey's heroes and exposes the deeds, both great and ghastly, of the men behind the myth.
Grounded in the history of the famous trip, Walker's vibrant account allows York—little more than a forgotten footnote in traditional narratives—to embody the full range of human ability, knowledge, emotion, and experience. He is ...Read More
The Total Light Process: New & Selected Poems
Nationally acclaimed poet, photographer, filmmaker, and novelist James Baker Hall has long been regarded as one of Kentucky's most profound artists. Hall's growing body of work is an essential part of Kentucky's literary tradition, and yet his poetry in particular transcends the borders of the Commonwealth.
The Total Light Process collects poems spanning Hall's celebrated career as well as new poems that have never before been published. The subjects of Hall's poems range from humorous and revealing portraits of his fellow writers and friends Wendell Berry, Ed McClanahan, and Gurney Norman, to the traumatic experience of his mother's suicide when ...Read More
The Arms of the Family: The Significance of John Milton's Relatives and Associates
John T. Shawcross's groundbreaking new study of John Milton is an essential work of scholarship for those who seek a greater understanding of Milton, his family, and his social and political world. Shawcross uses extensive new archival research to scrutinize several misunderstood elements of Milton's life, including his first marriage and his relationship with his brother, brother-in-law and nephews. Shawcross examines Milton's numerous royalist connections, complicating the conventional view of Milton as eminent Puritan and raising questions about the role his connections played in his relatively mild punishment after the Restoration.
Unique in its methodology, The Arms of the Family ...Read More
Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York
Winner of the 35th Annual Lillian Smith Book Award
This collection of persona poems tells the story of the infamous Lewis and Clark expedition from the point of view of Clark's personal slave, York. The poems form a narrative of York's inner and outer journey, before, during and after the expedition--a journey from slavery to freedom, from the plantation to the great northwest, from servant to soul yearning to be free. Over the course of the saga and through the poems, we are treated to subtle and overt commentaries on literacy, slavery, native Americans, buffalo, the environment, and more. Though ...Read More
Yates Paul, His Grand Flights, His Tootings
James Baker Hall's blackly comic coming-of-age novel has been denied, by unfortunate circumstances surrounding its original 1964 publication, its rightful place alongside classics such as Catcher in the Rye and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in the canon of essential late-twentieth-century American fiction.
Set in Lexington, Kentucky, the story unfolds through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Yates Paul. He becomes consumed with revelations about his inattentive father's loneliness, his grandmother's stormy relationship with his boisterous alcoholic uncle, and the frustration of being the best photography assistant in town when no one else knows it. In pursuing his career and falling ...Read More
Dickens's Great Expectations: Misnar's Pavilion versus Cinderella
Dickens scholar Jerome Meckier's acclaimed Hidden Rivalries in Victorian Fiction examined fierce literary competition between leading novelists who tried to establish their credentials as realists by rewriting Dickens's novels. Here, Meckier argues that in Great Expectations, Dickens not only updated David Copperfield but also rewrote novels by Lever, Thackeray, Collins, Shelley, and Charlotte and Emily Brontë. He periodically revised his competitors' themes, characters, and incidents to discredit their novels as unrealistic fairy tales imbued with Cinderella motifs. Dickens darkened his fairy tale perspective by replacing Cinderella with the story of Misnar's collapsible pavilion from The Tales of the Genii (a ...Read More
John Milton: The Self and the World
The facts of John Milton's life are well documented, but what of the person Milton—the man whose poetic and prose works have been deeply influential and are still the subject of opposing readings? John Shawcross's "different" biography depicts the man against a psychological backdrop that brings into relief who he was—in his works and from his works.
While the theories of Freud, Lacan, Kohut, and others underlie this pursuit of Milton's "self," Jung and some of his followers provide the basic understanding by which Shawcross places Milton in the panorama of history. His explorations of the psychological underpinnings of Milton's ...Read More
Back Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes
Appalachia has long been stereotyped as a region of feuds, moonshine stills, mine wars, environmental destruction, joblessness, and hopelessness. Robert Schenkkan's 1992 Pulitzer-Prize winning play The Kentucky Cycle once again adopted these stereotypes, recasting the American myth as a story of repeated failure and poverty—the failure of the American spirit and the poverty of the American soul. Dismayed by national critics' lack of attention to the negative depictions of mountain people in the play, a group of Appalachian scholars rallied against the stereotypical representations of the region's people. In Back Talk from Appalachia, these writers talk back to the American ...Read More
Twentieth-Century Southern Literature
Authors discussed include: Wendell Berry, Erskine Caldwell, Truman Capote, Ralph Ellison, William Faulkner, Shelby Foote, Zora Neal Hurston, Bobbie Ann Mason, Cormac McCarthy, Flannery O'Connor, William Styron, Anne Tyler, Alice Walker, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams, Thomas Wolfe, Richard Wright, and many more.
By World War II, the Southern Renaissance had established itself as one of the most significant literary events of the century, and today much of the best American fiction is southern fiction. Though the flowering of realistic and local-color writing during the first two decades of the century was a sign of things to come, ...Read More


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package org.assertj.core.api.period;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import java.time.Period;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.assertj.core.api.BDDAssertions.then;
import static org.assertj.core.error.ShouldHavePeriod.shouldHaveDays;
import static org.assertj.core.util.AssertionsUtil.expectAssertionError;
import static org.assertj.core.util.FailureMessages.actualIsNull;

/**
 * @author Hayden Meloche
 */
@DisplayName("PeriodAssert hasDays")
class PeriodAssert_hasDays_Test {

  @Test
  void should_pass_if_period_has_expected_days() {
    // GIVEN
    Period period = Period.ofDays(10);
    // WHEN/THEN
    then(period).hasDays(10);
  }

  @Test
  void should_fail_when_period_is_null() {
    // GIVEN
    Period period = null;
    // WHEN
    final AssertionError code = expectAssertionError(() -> assertThat(period).hasDays(5));
    // THEN
    then(code).hasMessage(actualIsNull());
  }

  @Test
  void should_fail_if_period_does_not_have_expected_days() {
    // GIVEN
    Period period = Period.ofDays(10);
    // WHEN
    final AssertionError code = expectAssertionError(() -> assertThat(period).hasDays(15));
    // THEN
    then(code).hasMessage(shouldHaveDays(period, 10, 15).create());
  }
}

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Join us for the first annual conference of EDInnovateLive 2019! Get inspired by engaging keynote speakers representing leading changemakers,
Tuesday, July 16, 2019TOPICS: Alumni, Catholic Social Thought, Changemaker, Conferences and Workshops, Faculty and Staff, Academics, Community Engagement
Join us for the first annual conference of EDInnovateLive 2019! Get inspired by engaging keynote speakers representing leading changemakers, researchers and thought leaders; participate in informative breakout sessions and our Ignite Talks; experience hands-on interactive workshops and explore new learning technologies in our innovation zone! Co-sponsored by the Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education, School of Leadership and Education Sciences, and the San Diego County Office of Education.
KEYNOTE: SIR KEN ROBINSON
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on Creativity and Innovation
and Author, Finding Your Element, The Element and Out of Our Minds
An internationally recognized authority in creativity and innovation in education and business, Sir Ken Robinson is also one of the world's leading speakers. Videos of his famous talks to the prestigious TED Conference are the most viewed in the history of the organization and have been seen by an estimated 300 million people in over 150 countries. Called "one of the world's elite thinkers on creativity and innovation" by Fast Company magazine, Sir Ken has received numerous awards and recognitions for his groundbreaking contributions. He was included in Thinkers50 list of the world's leading business thinkers and has been named one of TIME/Fortune/CNN's Principal Voices.
THE HUMAN ADVANTAGE
More than ever it's essential to understand and develop our unique capabilities as human beings. We are deep in the throes of the fourth industrial revolution. Intelligent machines are set to sweep away countless jobs that until now could only be done by people. The casualties will include many professional roles in medicine, finance, social care, business and the service sector. As this new wave of innovation churns over our lives and work, what will be left for human beings to do? What can we do that machines cannot? What is the human advantage? In this provocative and far-sighted presentation, Sir Ken Robinson takes a searching look at the emerging powers of artificial intelligence and their likely impact on our lives and work. He then identifies our unique powers as human beings: the powers that machine intelligence may complement but cannot replace; and he shows why and how we must develop our human advantage at work, in education and in our rapidly changing communities.
Key takeaways include:
· The rise and nature of artificial intelligence.
· Their unpredictable impact on life, work and business.
· The four unique capabilities of human beings.
· The practical steps we must take to develop them now and in the future.
Priscilla Falter
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USD School of Law Professor Dov Fox Interviewed on The Michael Smerconish Program
Friday, January 17, 2020TOPICS: Faculty and Staff
SAN DIEGO (January 17, 2020) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Professor and Director for the Center of Health Law Policy and B…
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SAN DIEGO (January 16, 2020) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Alumnus Bob Gaglione, '84 (JD), U.S. Department of Labor Deputy…


Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) is the layer of software between the plant floor and the enterprise applications systems that companies can use to "measure" and "control" production activities with the aim of increasing productivity and improving quality.
The ISA has defined standards regarding the structuring of MES and its integration in a larger company-wide IT architecture. ISA-95 addresses Enterprise and Control System Integration which defines a layer model looking at the integration aspects between ERP, MES and the production control level. It is supported by leading vendors in the MES area. Similarly ISA-S88 "General and Site Recipe Models and Representation" defines a process state model for the batch industry.
ANSI/ISA-95, or S95 as it is more commonly referred, is an international standard for developing an automated interface between enterprise and control systems. This standard has been developed for global manufacturers. It was developed to be applied in all industries, and in all sorts of processes, like batch processes, continuous and repetitive processes.
Now as the infrastructure of MMI-Scada widely exists, MES applications are easier to implement, and can easily relay data and information up and down the enterprise. MES can also be used for tracking purposes, as it can produce reports detailing the raw materials that went into an item, as well as each process it went through. MES is changing the industrial game for process manufacturers. A good MES solution should be designed to be independent of the Scada, DCS or PLC systems being used. It should not be any Scada or DCS or PLC vendor or version dependent.
One of the reasons that homegrown systems are no more popular, they cannot scale or expand easily. Open and layered architecture allows connecting to all products including competitors' products easily and allows separating the opportunity to focus only on the products' strengths/weaknesses.
Manufacturers can add true value by selecting and using right MES for their system. Identification of performance areas plays an important role and alleviates variety of pains in manufacturing environment. Typically those pains are unique to each plant. An effective Gap Analysis is very important and then correct product selection can fill the gap between ERP & Plant Floor.
Accurate and consistent reporting standards all across plants, divisions, or enterprise are important for baseline for any accountability. Monitoring of accurate waste, scrap, defect counts and accurately identification of biggest sources of downtime that impact production are very important to remain competitive in market and for data-driven decisions on capital expenditures.
In past, available solutions were pain for customers due to lack of configuration options and mostly need to use "tool kits" that requires customization and the writing of custom programming code. Now most of the top MES solutions come with templates/industry specific models, which are easily configurable and specifically address the needs of continuous, batch and discrete process manufacturing industries and also provide the tools necessary to improve production efficiency, quality management, production execution and product genealogy and traceability.
Data repositories are another key factor for analysis. You should have a stable historian in your system to collect, archive and distribute plant floor information. Connectors for the existing data repositories are an important factor in sales of MES software. That's why the all leading MES solutions supports and provides interfaces for the leading historians like GE's iHistorian, OSISoft's PI System, AspenTech's IP.21, Honeywell's PHD and Wonderware's InSQL, Rockwell's RSBizware RSHistorian and other generic SQL based historians.
GE's latest Proficy Plant Applications v4.3 has been released. This Plant Apps is offering Quality, Batch Execution, Batch Analysis, Efficiency, Production, Tracker, Machine Tool Efficiency modules. I think Efficiency Module is a much stronger offering in both capabilities and performance, backed up by powerful and most efficient historian, known as Proficy Historian. A historian which is not another SQL Server based Historian, specially developed for industrial needs with SQL query options. Based on feed back from plant floor during my recent site visits, this one is hot in market now.
Rockwell's RSBizware consists of three solutions Scheduler, Efficiency, and a Data Historian. Again, Rockwell's MES strategy is based on his large market share of PLC's and standard controls still allows their sales team to get a look at many MES software opportunities. This means they are still dependant on PLC software and their operator interface family of products to win this MES war. No dout, acquisition of Datasweep in 2005 and integration with FactoryTalk suite, strengthened the Rockwell bundle of MES.
As per GE's media, Plant Apps is installed in 17 distinct industries in 34 countries globally, which is a claim no competitor can back up. Most vendors are stuck in one specific market.
GE, Siemens or Rockwell still has benefit of being LARGE, with global capabilities, which eliminates many smaller competitors, even with good products.


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YodelUp Is Truly A Perfect Wearable Device For Winters!
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18 women leading the way in wearable tech and VR in 2016In no.
the AES Corporation, and Intel share their secrets to adopting wearables. The post Insider Secrets to Adopting Wearables appeared first on BrainXchange.
Matsuda calls this prototype the 'virtual wearable': Introducing Virtual Wearables pic.twitter.com/LPvknKBlnO. The post Leap Motion 'Virtual Wearable' AR Prototype is a Potent Glimpse at the Future of Your Smartphone appeared first on Road to VR.
Remote collaboration via smart glasses, Virtual Reality training, design visualization with HoloLens…These are incredible applications of wearable technologies in enterprise today. But where are such simple wearables? […]. The post Where are the simple but effective wearables?
Take a look at the streets, the gyms, the conference rooms all around the globe; they are everywhere – the wearables. The wearable sector is a market with rapid growth potential. Wearable market in the year 2019 (Source: Statista).
RealWear has raised $17 million for its AR wearable device aimed at workers in construction and other heavy industries. We have architected a wearable computer that fits into different protective equipment, like snapping into a hard helmet. Above: RealWear's AR wearable device.
Ever since I became involved in the wearable and immersive tech space, I've wondered how a digital revolution really gets underway in an organization. What should enterprises know before piloting or adopting wearables, and how can they avoid pilot purgatory?
Arguably, exoskeletons, not AR/VR, are the current star of enterprise wearables. Exoskeleton development has evolved from military and medical applications to industry, where wearable robotics are finding their sweet spot. When you consider that a single rotator cuff surgery can take out a worker for up to seven months and cost employers up to $56,000, wearable robot suits don't seem so crazy. The post Exoskeletons Get Real: The Ultimate Wearable Technology?
In 2015, the newly-formed BrainXchange put together the first-ever event devoted to the business and industrial use of wearable technologies. There have now been five Enterprise Wearable Technology Summits, with a sixth scheduled for September 2019. POC/EVALUATION STAGE: So, you've discovered smart glasses and see their potential; or, you've been directed to look into wearable technologies to stay competitive—where do you start? Introduction.
The patent is for a "wearable information system having at least one camera." In these early months of 2017 just about every major tech company has some sort of virtual or augmented reality product either on store shelves or coming in the future. Every company except one.
In this video from last month's Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit in Austin, Upskill's Brian Ballard leads early wearable tech adopters from Toyota, Duke Energy, Merck and Southern Company in a discussion around strategies for accelerating an organization's wearable journey. The post Build a Culture of Bottom-up Innovation and More Advice for Adopting AR/VR and Wearables appeared first on BrainXchange.
Entertainment experience company LUCI has unveiled their immersion-on-demand wearable and VR headset products at this week's CES 2018 in Las Vegas. Dubbed "LUCI immers" and "LUCI alyx," respectively, the company appears to be looking to be a transformative player in the burgeoning wearable and VR sectors. While at CES, the company is also previewing its second product line, "alyx," an all-in-one virtual reality wearable.
There is nearly no athlete who did not use a wearable device during the preparation training for the Games and you can see a lot of the sportspeople wearing a wearable fitness device even in the Olympic village. Training with wearables. But wearables are far more than giveaways.
These AR wearables would retail for less than $600. "This collaboration is key to unlocking the development of AR wearables; together we are well positioned to bring mass market innovation in AR, opening new paths to scalability at a lower cost than ever before." " If WaveOptics and EVG can live up to its promises, the sub-$600 price tag will be by far the lowest-priced wearable augmented reality display yet released, at least compared to 2018 prices.
At time, when wearable technology remains the talk of the town, researchers from the North Carolina State University or NCSU have come up with a stunning new wearable prototype which uses body heat to generate electricity. In addition to that, thermoelectric generators or TEGs were also used when it comes to powering wearable devices and flashlights. Wearable that harvest energy from body heat increases the productivity as far as electricity generation is concerned.
In this largely Q&A-driven panel discussion from last month's EWTS 2018, Tacit's Todd Boyd and members of the audience question IT leaders from Worthington Industries, HB Fuller, Ford, JetBlue and The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) on the cultural and technical challenges of adopting wearable technologies. The post Challenges of Enterprise Wearables, AR and VR: A Changing Landscape, Budget, Battery, and More appeared first on BrainXchange.
Worker safety wearables cropped up on job sites while exoskeletons pulled […]. The post Wearable Technologies 2017: Year in Review, from Glass Enterprise Edition to ARKit appeared first on BrainXchange.
Wearables, including XR glasses and headsets, body-worn sensors, wrist wearables, and even exoskeletons, are not one size fits all; they're one size fits most men and it shows: Headsets are often too heavy for female users, frames too large, lenses too far apart, accessory and motion control devices ill-fitting, etc. Of course, such wearability issues with XR devices are not universal for women but it is a common pain point impacting women's use of the technology.
Dr. Shahiholnasab is among the group of entrepreneurs in British Columbia who are developing innovative gadgets that can be worn, and this technology is known as " wearable technology ". His company is called Medical Wearable Solutions where he is using this technology for his patients.
At a time when technological innovations are surprising the people across the world, Zebra Technologies a Lincolnshire-based company that deals with the development of tracking technology and solutions has announced a new line of wearables recently.
As the modern industrial workplace becomes increasingly connected by IoT-enabled devices, including AR/VR glasses and headsets, wearables, robotics and smart machinery, the enterprise grows more vulnerable to potentially devastating cyberattacks, privacy intrusions and IP theft. Enterprise wearables promise to advance workplace safety, efficiency and profitability, but they also present novel dangers that can have disturbing consequences.
In this largely Q&A-driven panel discussion from last month's EWTS 2018, Tacit's Todd Boyd and members of the audience question IT leaders from Worthington Industries, HB Fuller, Ford, JetBlue and The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) on the cultural and technical challenges of adopting wearable technologies. The post Challenges of Enterprise Wearables, AR and VR: A Changing Landscape, Resistance, Battery and More appeared first on BrainXchange.
Most of them turned out to be expensive enough to be used in a cost-effective wearable imaging system. The researchers measured the fluorescent dye with the help of the wearable microscope using a laser to hit the skin at an angle, that was created by Ozcan and his team. Also, they can monitor all these embedded sensors under the skin in parallel and can understand the misalignments of the wearable imager and correct it to continuously quantify a panel of biomarkers.
4 Recent Use Cases of Wearable Technologies in Enterprise When a worker in a robotic suit is better than a robot – Boeing Industrial enterprises have been experimenting with robotics to replace humans in physically strenuous and repetitive tasks, but there are certain complex tasks that cannot be automated. The post Ditching the robot, training manual, pills and stock room for XR & wearables appeared first on BrainXchange.
In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Meet Mica, Colgate wearable rollout and global XR survey results.
Gear VR makes it in as the third entry in the Wearable Technology category. Amazon has revealed its best-selling products for the holiday season, and Samsung and Oculus' Gear VR has come out on top for our budding new industry. Earlier this week the online retailing giant revealed the top three products sold in the different categories featured on its site. The company did not reveal exact sales figures for the product, though no other VR headsets or games feature in the list.
While wearable technologies, including wearable XR, didn't exactly "blow up" this year, the technology did further entrench itself in enterprise—the number of companies in the evaluation stage rose significantly, several large deployments made headlines, and solution providers continued to partner and expand their products to more platforms. Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise.


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Navy SEAL museum on Long Island closer to reality
By Jodi Goldberg
WEST SAYVILLE, N.Y. - Loved ones and elected officials on Friday broke ground on a Navy SEAL museum named after the late Lt. Michael P. Murphy, a Medal of Honor recipient and a Long Island native.
Murphy died while leading a SEAL unit in Afghanistan in 2005.
"I think he'd like it that his brothers in the uniform in the military are being honored but I also think he'd love the idea that young kids are going to get something out of it and they're our future," said Gold Star mom, Maureen Murphy,
The 10,000-square-foot building will sit right next to the Long Island Maritime Museum. A shared space will also serve as a Sea Cadet training facility.
Murphy's father credited public and private donations, along with community involvement. He said the project is a culmination of a dream.
"Here's a physical structure that will honor, not Michael, will honor our special operators and war heroes living and dead who put their lives on the line for us to preserve our freedom," Dan Murphy said.
"The museum will have features, displays, and exhibits that will showcase special naval warfare operators," Vince Calvosa, the director of construction, said. "The Sea Cadet side of the building will have classroom and training space for the cadets."
The LT Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum will mark history as the first of its kind in the Northeast. It holds special meaning for Suffolk County, which is home to the largest veteran population in the state.
"Being an American, being in this country is a gift, it's a privilege, it's an honor, it's lucky to have been born here and be an American," County Executive Steve Bellone said. "And Michael Murphy gave his life to protect that gift."
Work on the project has been funded through grants and donations. It's expected to move quickly. The foundation will be poured by the end of December and a ribbon cutting should happen by this time next year.
NYC mural honors Hip Hop artist KRS-One


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Amanda Hesser And Merrill Stubbs Crowdsource a Cookbook With Food52
Erick Schonfeld @erickschonfeld / 13 years
These days, more and more books have accompanying Websites and smart authors even try to attract readers online before the book is even published. Sometimes they even try to enlist those potential readers into contributing to the book (for free). Brooklyn food writers Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs are crowdsourcing their next cookbook on a site that just launched in private beta called Food52 (it will open up on September 15, but you can sign up now for an invite at the site). Hesser is a food critic for the New York Times and an author of several cookbooks (including Cooking For Mr. Latte, The Cook And The Gardener, and the upcoming New York Times Cookbook). Stubbs is a freelance food writer and recipe tester.
The Food52 project will result in its own cookbook to be published by the Harper Studio (which is also publishing the Gary Vaynerchuk ten-book library). Each recipe in the book will come from the Food52 community. "We want it to be a cooking site where the users feel that they have a voice," Hesser tells me in her first interview about the project.
The site and the book will appeal to anyone who ever wanted to write their own cookbook but never had the time. But it won't be a free-for-all. Hesser and Stubbs will make editorial decisions with give-and-take from the site's members. To guide the community, every week two themes will be presented which will act as a call for recipes. This week's themes (they are really assignments) are "Your Best Grilled Pork Recipe" and "Your Best Watermelon Recipe." Anyone can submit their favorite recipes, along with photos or videos. Then Hesser and Stubbs select the most promising ones, test them, and choose the best two for each theme. They present these back to the Food52 members, who get to vote which one will make it into the cookbook.
"There is a huge tradition of community cookbooks, but none of them are user vetted," says Hesser. Users can take part in creating the cookbook by submitting their own recipes and helping to edit the submissions through comments, ratings, and votes. (Recipes can be flagged if someone tries to pass one off as their own that is actually from another cookbook). Anybody who submits a recipe selected as one of the two finalist recipes each week will get a free copy of the book along with cookware tailored to their recipe.
The iterative process should bring hardcore foodies and fans of the authors coming back every week. By the end of the 52 weeks, Hesser and Stubbs will not only have the recipes for their cookbook, but also a built-in and built-up audience already sold on the book. It won't be just a cookbook, it will be an artifact of their participation.
The site itself is designed less to be a comprehensive cooking site than a highly curated one. In addition to the contests, there are editors' picks. You can browse by recipes (organized both by category and most recent) or by cooks (contest winners, most active, and "cooks we admire"). Of course, there is also a blog on the site written by Hesser and Stubbs, although that is not front and center and the first entry is about the shoes they wear while cooking. Not terribly appetizing.
Beyond the first book, Hesser and Stubbs hope to make Food52 into a food destination site. "Hopefully we will do more books," says Hesser, "this is a starting point for gathering our community." Food52 is owned and operated by Hesser and Stubbs through a company they co-founded called Burnt Toast, LLC funded with proceeds from the book advance. With any luck, the site will be worth more than the book.
Amanda Hesser
Merrill Stubbs


To be eligible for financial assistance through this program, patients without insurance must provide proof of income that meets the financial eligibility requirements. Eligible patients who are US citizens may receive Arranon for free until a prescription drug coverage becomes available to them.
Besponsa is a CD22-directed antibody-drug conjugate used for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
This program provides Besponsa free, or at a savings, for eligible patients with no healthcare coverage, as well as for patients with government insurance (who have no available independent charitable foundation support).
Blincyto is a bispecific CD19-directed CD3 T-cell engager used for the treatment of patients with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that is in first or second remission, with minimal residual disease. Blincyto is also used for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor ALL.
Qualifying, uninsured patients can receive Blincyto for free through Amgen's nonprofit patient assistance program.
Clolar injection is a purine nucleoside metabolic inhibitor used for the treatment of young patients up to age 21 who are diagnosed with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Uninsured patients or patients who do not have access to Clolar through their insurance can apply to this program to receive free medication. Eligible patients must have an annual household income that is 500% or less of the federal poverty level. Patients enrolled in Medicare Part D must not be eligible for low income subsidy, not have coverage for a generic equivalent, and have out-of-pocket drug expenses of 5% of their household's annual income, in addition to meeting the requirements for uninsured patients.
Erwinaze (asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi) is an asparagine-specific enzyme used for the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
This program offers free Erwinaze for patients who meet the program's requirements.
Gleevec is a kinase inhibitor used, in combination with chemotherapy, for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and pediatric patients with Ph+ ALL.
Patients with private insurance will pay only $10 for a 30-day supply of Gleevec, with a maximum annual benefit of $30,000.
To be eligible for financial assistance through this program, patients without insurance must provide proof of income that meets the financial eligibility requirements. Eligible patients who are US citizens may receive Gleevec for free until a prescription drug coverage becomes available to them.
Iclusig is a kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of adults with Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) for whom no other tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy is indicated. Iclusig is also used for adults with Ph+ ALL and T315I mutation.
Regardless of patients' insurance status, this program identifies the financial assistance programs for which patients may be eligible and supports patients throughout their treatment by offering services to assist with day-to-day treatment-related concerns.
Eligible patients with private insurance will pay only a $10 per month copay or coinsurance for Iclusig. This program covers monthly out-of-pocket expenses of more than $10 per prescription, up to a maximum annual benefit of $25,000.
Kymriah is a CD19-directed genetically modified CAR T-cell immunotherapy used for the treatment of young patients (up to age 25) with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia that is refractory or in second or later relapse.
This program offers financial assistance to eligible patients to help them access Kymriah. Patients must meet program eligibility criteria to qualify for support. Patients should work with their treatment center to submit a Service Request Form for Patient Support to Kymriah Cares.
Marqibo is a vinca alkaloid used for the treatment of adults with Ph– acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
With this program, patients pay $0 out of pocket for the first prescription, and STAR will cover 100% of the coinsurance/cost-share for Marqibo. For subsequent prescriptions, patients are responsible for the first $25 of the coinsurance/cost-share and STAR will cover 100% of the remainder. Up to $10,000 per calendar year is provided to assist with patient copay/coinsurance costs, and patients are responsible for additional out-of-pocket costs.
This patient assistance program provides Marqibo free of charge to enrolled patients who meet the income, insurance, and citizenship/residency eligibility criteria.
Oncaspar is an asparagine-specific enzyme used for the first-line treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and for the treatment of patients with hypersensitivity to asparaginase.
Questions about patient assistance programs, copay assistance, and connections to reimbursement specialists should be directed to Shire's Resource Helpline, 888-229-8379.
Purixan is a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor used as part of a combination maintenance treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Sprycel is a kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of patients with Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
This card offers benefits for cash-paying patients, privately insured patients, and patients with public or government insurance. Privately insured patients can receive Sprycel with a reduced copay, in some cases $0 monthly, up to a maximum annual benefit of $32,000. New cash-paying patients or new patients covered by a government-funded program are eligible for a free 30-day trial supply of the medication.
Patients who don't have public or private insurance that helps to pay for Sprycel may be eligible for help paying for their medication if they receive treatment as an outpatient and have an annual income of less than 300% of the federal poverty level, up to $36,420 for an individual or $49,380 for a family of 2.
Daurismo is a hedgehog pathway inhibitor used, in combination with low-dose cytarabine, for the treatment of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia in adults age 75 years or older, and in patients whose comorbidities prevent them from using intensive induction chemotherapy.
This program assists eligible, privately insured patients with their monthly copay for Daurismo, with a maximum annual benefit of $25,000.
Through this program, patients who are uninsured may qualify to receive Daurismo for free or at a savings. Eligible patients who have government insurance may also receive Daurismo for free if they cannot find financial support from an independent charitable foundation.
Idamycin PFS is used, in combination with other approved antileukemic drugs, for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Patients who are prescribed a Pfizer specialty medicine, such as Idamycin PFS, and meet certain income limits, but do not have sufficient prescription coverage to pay for the medicine, can use this program to receive free medicine through their doctor's office, at home, or possibly through their pharmacy.
Idhifa is an IDH2 inhibitor used for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia with an IDH2 mutation.
This program can reduce prescription copay to $25 and provides up to $10,000 per calendar year to cover copay or coinsurance costs for patients with private insurance and an annual household income of up to $100,000.
Patients with no insurance or not enough insurance to cover their medication who meet certain financial criteria may qualify for the program.
Leukine is a recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor used for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia, after induction chemotherapy.
Sanofi provides patients and payers access to reimbursement consultants through this support line by calling 888-479-5385. The consultants can ensure patient and physician access to Leukine, answer reimbursement and coverage questions, help with claims preparation and claims appeal strategies, and identify available payment sources for uninsured or underinsured patients.
Patients who are uninsured or whose insurance does not cover Leukine can apply for financial assistance through this program. Eligible patients must have an annual household income of no more than 500% of the current federal poverty level. Patients with Medicare Part D can apply if they are not eligible for Low-Income Subsidy and have out-of-pocket drug costs that equal 5% or more of their annual income.
Mylotarg is a CD33-directed antibody-drug conjugate used for the treatment of newly diagnosed CD33-positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults, and relapsed or refractory CD33-positive AML in patients age 2 years or older.
Eligible patients who do not have insurance and are unable to afford Mylotarg may receive their medicine free or at a savings through this program.
Rydapt is a kinase inhibitor used, in combination with standard cytarabine and daunorubicin induction and cytarabine consolidation, for the treatment of adults with acute myeloid leukemia and FLT3 mutation.
For eligible patients with private insurance, this copay card ensures a prescription copay of $25 per month. Novartis pays the remaining balance until the annual maximum of $15,000 is met.
For eligible patients with private insurance whose insurance coverage is delayed, this program provides a free 14-day supply of medication shipped directly to the patient's home.
To be eligible for financial assistance through this program, patients without insurance must provide proof of income that meets the financial eligibility requirements. Eligible patients who are US citizens may receive Rydapt for free until a prescription drug coverage becomes available to them.
Tibsovo is an IDH1 inhibitor used for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia and IDH1 mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test.
Eligible, privately insured patients will pay no more than $25 per Tibsovo prescription, with a maximum annual benefit of $25,000.
Patients who meet certain financial criteria and are uninsured or underinsured can receive Tibsovo free of charge through this program.
Patients who have private or government insurance that has been delayed by 5 or more business days may qualify to receive a free 14-day prescription of Tibsovo, up to 3 refills, for a total of 56 days of Tibsovo therapy.
Eligible patients experiencing an interruption in their insurance coverage after having received at least 1 prescription through a commercial insurance will receive a free 30-day supply of Tibsovo, up to 2 refills, for a total of 90 days of Tibsovo.
Venclexta is a BCL-2 inhibitor used, in combination with azacytidine, decitabine, or low-dose cytarabine, for the treatment of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in patients age 75 years or older, or in patients with AML whose comorbidities prevent them from using intensive induction chemotherapy.
For privately insured patients, this program ensures a $25 copay for Venclexta, with up to $25,000 benefit annually. This program has no income requirements.
This foundation provides Venclexta free of charge to uninsured or underinsured patients whose annual household income is less than $150,000. Venclexta is also provided free for patients who have an annual household income of up to $75,000 for 1 person; $100,000 for 2 people; $125,000 for 3 people; $150,000 for 4 people; and up to $25,000 more for each additional person in the household.
Vyxeos is a liposomal combination of daunorubicin (an anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor) and cytarabine (a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor) used for the treatment of adults with newly diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes.
This program offers patients in the inpatient or outpatient setting improved access to Vyxeos and provides reimbursement support, including a benefits investigation and access to financial assistance options for eligible patients.
Xospata is a kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia and FLT3 mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test.
Eligible patients who have private insurance will pay as little as $0 per prescription of Xospata, with a maximum annual benefit of $25,000. This program has no income requirements.
This program provides a one-time, 7-day supply of Xospata at no cost to eligible patients who have private insurance and are experiencing an insurance-related delay in receiving their medication.
Through this program, patients who are uninsured or have insurance that excludes coverage for Xospata may qualify to receive their medication at no cost.
Zarxio is a leukocyte growth factor used to reduce the time to neutrophil recovery and the duration of fever in patients with acute myeloid leukemia, after induction or consolidation chemotherapy treatment.
Through this program, privately insured patients will pay $0 copay for the first dose of Zarxio and for subsequent doses, with a maximum benefit of $10,000 annually. There is no income eligibility requirement.
Arzerra is a CD20-directed cytolytic monoclonal antibody used for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. In certain cases, Arzerra is used in combination with chlorambucil, or fludarabine and cyclophosphamide.
To be eligible for financial assistance through this program, patients without insurance must provide proof of income that meets the financial eligibility requirements. Eligible patients who are US citizens may receive Arzerra for free until a prescription drug coverage becomes available to them.
Bendeka is an alkylating drug used for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Patients without prescription drug coverage who meet specific financial criteria may receive Bendeka for free. The financial criteria specify that the patient's annual income must not exceed $60,700 for 1 person, $82,300 for 2 people, $103,900 for 3 people, $125,500 for 4 people, or $147,100 for 5 people.
Copiktra is a dual PI3 kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, after at least 2 other therapies.
Patients who have private insurance may pay as little as $5 for their prescription of Copiktra, with a maximum annual benefit of $25,000. This program has no patient income requirement.
This program provides a free 14-day supply of Copiktra to eligible patients who experience coverage delays or loss of insurance of longer than 5 days.
Patients who are uninsured and have an annual income of $150,000 or less may qualify to receive Copiktra for free.
Gazyva is a CD20-directed cytolytic antibody used, in combination with chlorambucil, for the treatment of patients with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The program ensures a $5 copay for privately insured patients, with up to $25,000 provided annually, and has no income requirements for participation.
This foundation provides Gazyva free of charge to uninsured or underinsured patients whose annual household income is less than $150,000. Gazyva is also provided free for patients who have an annual household income of up to $75,000 for 1 person; $100,000 for 2 people; $125,000 for 3 people; $150,000 for 4 people; and up to $25,000 more for each additional person in the household.
Imbruvica is a Bruton's kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, with or without 17p deletion.
Patients with private insurance will pay no more than $10 monthly for Imbruvica. Eligible patients may qualify for instant savings on their commercial insurance copay, deductible, and coinsurance medication costs for Imbruvica.
This program provides Imbruvica free of charge to patients who meet certain financial limits and are uninsured, underinsured, or enrolled in Medicare Part D.
Rituxan is a CD20-directed cytolytic antibody used, in combination with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The program ensures a $5 copay for Rituxan for privately insured patients, with up to $25,000 provided annually, and has no income requirements for participation.
This foundation provides Rituxan free of charge to uninsured or underinsured patients whose annual household income is less than $150,000. Rituxan is also provided free for patients who have an annual household income of up to $75,000 for 1 person; $100,000 for 2 people; $125,000 for 3 people; $150,000 for 4 people; and up to $25,000 more for each additional person in the household.
Rituxan Hycela is a combination of rituximab (a CD20-directed cytolytic antibody) and hyaluronidase human (an endoglycosidase) that is used, in combination with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, for the treatment of untreated adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and of previously treated CLL.
Privately insured patients will pay only a $5 copay per prescription or infusion of Rituxan Hycela, with an annual benefit limit of $25,000. Retroactive requests for assistance will be honored if the prescription was refilled within 120 days before enrollment in this program.
This foundation provides Rituxan Hycela free of charge to uninsured or underinsured patients whose annual household income is less than $150,000. Rituxan Hycela is also provided free for patients who have an annual household income of up to $75,000 for 1 person; $100,000 for 2 people; $125,000 for 3 people; $150,000 for 4 people; and up to $25,000 more for each additional person in the household.
Venclexta is a BCL-2 inhibitor used for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, with or without 17p deletion, who have received at least 1 therapy.
The program ensures a $5 copay for Venclexta for privately insured patients, with up to $25,000 provided annually, and has no income requirements for participation.
Zydelig is a kinase inhibitor used, in combination with Rituxan, for the treatment of patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Patients with private insurance and copays above $5 are eligible for this program. With the Copay Coupon Card, patients will pay only the first $5 per prescription fill of Zydelig. The maximum benefit allowed is 25% of the catalog price for a 12-month supply of Zydelig.
The Zydelig QuickStart Program gives eligible patients who have an insurance coverage delay of more than 5 business days quick access to a free, one-time, 30-day supply of Zydelig.
Patients with no insurance or who have been denied coverage may be eligible to receive Zydelig free of charge through this program. Eligible patients must meet certain financial criteria.
Bosulif is a kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of adult patients with Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic, accelerated, or blast phase.
This Pfizer program assists eligible patients with private insurance so that their copay for Bosulif is $0 monthly, with a maximum savings of up to $25,000 annually.
This program serves patients who are either uninsured or those with government insurance. Uninsured patients may qualify to receive Bosulif for free or at a savings. Eligible patients with government insurance, who cannot find independent charitable foundation support, may receive Bosulif for free.
Busulfex is an alkylating drug used, in combination with cyclophosphamide, as a conditioning regimen before allogeneic hematopoietic progenitor-cell transplantation for the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.
Gleevec is a kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of patients with Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic, blast crisis, or accelerated phase, or in chronic phase after the failure of interferon-alpha therapy.
Patients with private insurance will pay only $10 for a 30-day supply of Gleevec, with a maximum benefit of $10,630 per 30-day supply up to an annual maximum benefit of $30,000.
To be eligible for financial assistance through this program, patients without insurance must provide proof of income that meets the financial eligibility requirements. Eligible patients who are US citizens may receive Gleevec for free until a prescription drug coverage becomes available to them.
Iclusig is a kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of adults with chronic-, accelerated-, or blast-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Iclusig is also used for adults with chronic-, accelerated-, or blast-phase CML with T315I mutation.
Regardless of patients' insurance status, this program identifies the financial assistance programs for Iclusig for which patients may be eligible and supports patients throughout their treatment by offering services to assist with day-to-day treatment-related concerns.
Eligible patients with private insurance will pay only a $10 per month copay or coinsurance for Iclusig. This program covers monthly out-of-pocket expenses of more than $10 per prescription up to a maximum annual benefit of $25,000.
Sprycel is a kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of patients with Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia.
This card offers benefits for cash-paying patients, privately insured patients, and patients with public or government insurance. Privately insured patients can receive Sprycel with a reduced copay, in some cases $0 a month, up to a maximum annual benefit of $32,000. New cash-paying patients or new patients covered by a government-funded program are eligible for a free 30-day trial supply of Sprycel.
Patients who are enrolled in Medicare Part D, or who do not have public or private insurance that helps pay for Sprycel, may be eligible for help paying for their prescription if they are receiving treatment as an outpatient and have an annual income up to 300% of the federal poverty level.
Synribo is used for the treatment of adults with chronic- or accelerated-phase chronic myeloid leukemia.
Patients without prescription drug coverage who meet specific financial criteria may receive Synribo for free. The financial criteria specify that the patient's annual income must not exceed $60,700 for 1 person, $82,300 for 2 people, $103,900 for 3 people, $125,500 for 4 people, or $147,100 for 5 people.
Tasigna is a kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of patients older than 1 year with newly diagnosed chronic-phase Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), or for patients older than 1 year with chronic-phase Ph+ CML that is resistant to previous tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy. Tasigna is also used for adults with chronic-phase or accelerated-phase Ph+ CML that is resistant to or who are intolerant of Gleevec.
Through this program, patients with private insurance will be responsible for up to $25 monthly in copay and coinsurance for Tasigna. The program pays the remaining balance until an annual maximum of $15,000 is met.
Eligible new patients can receive a free 3-month trial supply of Tasigna capsules.
To be eligible for financial assistance through this program, patients must be without insurance, be US citizens, and provide proof of income that meets the financial eligibility requirements. Eligible patients may receive Tasigna for free until a prescription drug coverage becomes available to them.
Lumoxiti is a CD22-directed cytotoxin used for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory hairy-cell leukemia who have received at least 2 systemic therapies, including a purine nucleoside analog.
Although the patient's out-of-pocket costs may vary, this program aims for eligible patients to pay $0 per infusion of Lumoxiti, with a maximum annual savings of $26,000. Eligible patients must have private health insurance that partially covers the costs of Lumoxiti.
Rydapt is a kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of adults with mast-cell leukemia.


The Haudenosaunee languages belong to a family of 16 North American languages spoken around Canada and the United States. Most of the languages have been lost after falling out of use over time however those of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy including: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, have survived as well as the Tuscarora and some Wyandot. Those that are dwindling in use are being rekindled with the help of community Elders and the younger generation. Because the Haudenosaunee believe in preserving the traditions for those that will follow, great efforts are being taken to carry on the culture and language so it will be enjoyed for generations to come.
For most languages the number of fluent speakers has gone down but individual nations are working to restore their languages and keep them alive. The Mohawk language is the healthiest with 3000 fluent speakers spread out in Canada and the United States.
Cayuga and Oneida is in decline but elders and the younger generation are working together to revive the languages. Onondaga is spoken mostly in Canada while Seneca is spoken mostly in the United States. Those that do speak the languages are creating programs to protect their language and at the same time preserve the traditional knowlege. The Tuscarora language is all but lost but young Tuscaroras are working to learn their ancestral language again.